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Research

Scientific archive


Research archive for the scientific community

This page contains information about Meningitis Research Foundation funded projects which have completed their course. You can also read about current research projects.

Click on the title of the project to find out more.

The pathogenesis of capillary leak and coagulopathy in meningococcal sepsis

Treatment; Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London

Host factors determining susceptibility to meningococcal disease

Treatment; Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London

Meningococcal vaccine design, screening a meningococcal expression library for CD4+ T-cell stimulating recombinants using specific meningococcal T-cell clones

Prevention; Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.

Environmental and epidemiological determinants of epidemic meningitis at the local level

Surveillance and control; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Long-term outcome in adults with acute bacterial meningitis and the impact of dexamethasone treatment

Treatment; Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam.

Characterisation of inflammatory modulins of Neisseria meningitidis

Treatment; University of Southampton.

The rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cerebrospinal fluid

Detection; Cardiff Public Health Laboratory.

Rational design of anti-meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccines

Prevention; University of Illinois, USA.

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Page last updated 01.06.07

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